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** Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 14 April
In the Media <[link removed]> is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news <[link removed]> and opinion <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts <[link removed]> on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* Abortion: Pro-choice activists drawing up legal action over ‘stalled access to care’ in Northern Ireland <[link removed]>
Pro-choice campaigners are planning to launch a legal action over what they believe is a failure to implement Northern Ireland's new law on abortion.
News Letter
* Christian group considers legal action after abortion provider offers pills by post <[link removed]>
A Christian group has said it is considering legal action after an abortion provider launched a 'pills by post' service for women in Northern Ireland during the coronavirus lockdown.
Christian Today
* Closure of churches is 'guidance, not instruction', says archbishop <[link removed]>
The archbishop of Canterbury has responded to criticism over a request for churches to stay closed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Christian Today
* Barbara Smoker obituary <[link removed]>
Former NSS president Barbara Smoker renounced her Catholic faith for a lifetime spent championing a secular society.
The Times (£)
* ‘Abortion has come grudgingly to Northern Ireland in the wake of coronavirus’ <[link removed]>
Women are still a pawn in the political game at Stormont.
The Guardian
* Coronavirus conspiracy theories targeting Muslims spread in India <[link removed]>
The hijacking of coronavirus as an excuse for discrimination comes after a growing state-sponsored campaign to turn Muslims into second-class citizens in India, as part of the BJP's agenda of Hindu nationalism.
The Guardian
* Australian police investigating new child abuse allegations against Cardinal George Pell <[link removed]>
Australian police are conducting a new child abuse investigation into Australian cardinal George Pell, less than a week after his previous convictions for raping and assaulting two other boys were overturned.
The Telegraph
* Cardinal Pell claims Catholic Church has cut out ‘moral cancer’ of child abuse – NSS quoted <[link removed]>
In a letter published on Saturday, Pell said the Catholic Church has "cut out a moral cancer" by facing down child sex abuse.
The Freethinker (Patheos)
* Trump tells religious leaders: 'We're going to beat this plague' <[link removed]>
President Donald Trump has told religious leaders that "we have a tremendous year coming up" and that the United States would beat coronavirus "soon," while seeming to implore religious people to support him in his re-election.
NBC News
* US appeals court blocks Texas curbs on medication abortion <[link removed]>
A US appeals court has blocked Texas from enforcing curbs on medication-induced abortions as part of the Republican-governed state's restrictions aimed at postponing medical procedures not deemed urgent during the coronavirus pandemic.
Reuters
* Appeals court blocks Oklahoma COVID-19-related abortion ban <[link removed]>
A federal appeals court in the US has upheld a lower-court order that overturned the Oklahoma governor's ban on abortions during the coronavirus outbreak emergency.
The New York Times (£)
* Hundreds at Louisiana church flout COVID-19 gatherings ban <[link removed]>
Hundreds of worshippers attended services at a Louisiana church on Sunday, flouting a ban on large gatherings.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
** Latest from the NSS
* NSS calls for review of religious exemptions in Equality Act <[link removed]>
The NSS has called for a review of religious exemptions contained within the Equality Act of 2010 in response to a public consultation.
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